Last week, to celebrate the beginning of Dungeness crab season, Inside Scoop called upon Bay Area restaurants to share their various crab dishes. And there was a healthy response. The preparations represent the great diversity of Bay Area restaurants, from Singapore chili crab at Betelnut to Louisiana flavors at Boxing Room, from the composed French stylings at La Folie to primeval grilling at Camino.

Above is a sampling of the cross-cultural crab dishes, procured via reader responses, Twitter and Chronicle photogs. Do note that many of these dishes are specials, and menus do change frequently. If your favorite is missing, send in a photo to insidescoopsf [at] sfgate.com and it can be added. Enjoy.